Access to Care

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Epilepsy Program. Among adults with epilepsy reporting recent seizures, one of four on antiseizure medication and three of four not on medication had not seen a neurologist/epilepsy specialist within the last year, the 2010 and 2013 US National Health Interview Surveys. Epilepsy Behav. 2016;61:78-79. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2016.04.031.

Comorbidity

Zack M, Luncheon C. Adults with an epilepsy history, especially those 45 years or older, those with lower family incomes, and those with a history of hypertension, report a history of stroke five times as often as adults without such a history-2010, 2013, and 2015 U.S. National Health Interview Survey. Epilepsy Behav. 2018;83:236-238. DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2018.02.028.

Disability

Pastor PN, Reuben CA, Kobau R, Helmers SL, Lukacs S. Functional difficulties and school limitations of children with epilepsy: findings from the 2009–2010 National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs. Disabil Health J. 2015. DOI: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2014.09.002.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prevalence of epilepsy and health-related quality of life and disability among adults with epilepsy – South Carolina, 2003 and 2004. MMWR. 2005;54(42):1080-1082. html. Accessed October 10, 2014.

Zack M, Luncheon C. Adults with an epilepsy history, notably those 45–64 years old or at the lowest income levels, more often report heart disease than adults without an epilepsy history. Epilepsy Behav. 2018;86:208-210. DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2018.05.021.

Zack M, Luncheon C. Adults with an epilepsy history, especially those 45 years or older, those with lower family incomes, and those with a history of hypertension, report a history of stroke five times as often as adults without such a history-2010, 2013, and 2015 U.S. National Health Interview Survey. Epilepsy Behav. 2018;83:236-238. DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2018.02.028.

Greenlund SF, Croft JB, Kobau R. Epilepsy by the Numbers: Epilepsy deaths by age, race/ethnicity, and gender in the United States significantly increased from 2005 to 2014. Epilepsy Behav. 2017;69:28-30.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Epilepsy Program. Nearly one in five adults with active epilepsy lives alone based on findings from the 2010 and 2013 US national health interview surveys. Epilepsy Behav. 2015;51:259–260. doi:10.1016/j.yebeh.2015.07.034.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Epilepsy Program. More than 40% of those not taking antiseizure medication with recent seizures reported that epilepsy or its treatment interfered with their recent activities, 2010 and 2013 US National Health Interview Surveys. Epilepsy Behav. 2016;62:129–131. doi:10.1016/j.yebeh.2016.06.013.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Epilepsy Program. About one-half of adults with active epilepsy and seizures have annual family incomes under $25,000: The 2010 and 2013 US National Health Interview Survey. Epilepsy Behav. 2016;58(5):33–34. DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2016.02.024.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prevalence of epilepsy and health-related quality of life and disability among adults with epilepsy – South Carolina, 2003 and 2004. MMWR. 2005;54(42):1080-1082. html. Accessed October 10, 2014.